The campaign’s week-long focus on the emerging green economy concluded with a “Green Jobs Showcase” held at the campaign headquarters. On display were a variety of homegrown items and technologies, ranging from “plastic” toys composed primarily of recycled rubber to a vinyl tile made from recycled carpet that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Ice cream was served, but even this frozen treat was done in a sustainable way. The ingredients were all locally grown and produced, and both the bowls and spoons were made from biomass sources, are entirely biodegradable - and were sent to be composted at the end of the event.
Full text of Al’s speech from the April 27th Green Jobs Showcase:
I don’t think I have to tell anybody here about our energy crisis.
Here in Minnesota, we know the cost of Washington’s failure to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
We feel that cost every time we fill up the tank.
We feel that cost every time we pay the heat bill or the electric bill.
We feel the cost when the price of everything rises because the trucks that carry our food and our products to the store have to fill up, too.
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